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Birth of the Bugatti

Original design sketches show how the raceplane evolved.

(Art Courtesy of The Bugatti Trust)

By
Perry Turner

airspacemag.com
August 20, 2014

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Avion de Chasse

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In this fighter (“avion de chasse”) design, done for the French government, Bugatti places the two engines side by side to reduce the fuselage cross-section. The two propellers and the airplane’s general shape show a kinship with the 100P.